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6Sports video: “Fighting Manginos” in whole new ball game
In 2006 the Kansas football team put itself in position to win week after week, but KU couldn’t close. 2007 has been quite the opposite.
6Sports video: Reesing gives Jayhawks stability
Since 2004, finding a stable quarterback has been a challenge for the Jayhawks. But Todd Reesing is making a world of difference.
6Sports video: Aldrich season’s likely star
6‘11” freshman Cole Aldrich is eager for the Jayhawk basketball season to start. The Jayhawks open the exhibition season on November 1 against Pittsburg State.
KU gets commitment from Dodge City QB Pick
Dodge City High senior quarterback Kale Pick, who pulled back on his commitment to Arkansas Sunday night, has given his verbal pledge now to Kansas University.
KU vs. Nebraska to kick at 11:30 a.m.
The game will be televised by Fox Sports Net (Sunflower Broadband Channel 36).
Kicker Webb honored by Big 12
Kansas University senior kicker Scott Webb has been named the Big 12’s special teams player of the week for his performance in the Colorado game, it was announced today.
Ryan Wood’s KU football notebook
KU’s 19-14 road victory at Colorado on Saturday has shot the Jayhawks even higher up the national rankings. Kansas is ninth in the latest Bowl Championship Series rankings, 10th in the USA Today coaches poll, 11th in the Harris Interactive poll and 12th in the Associated Press poll.
KU soccer plays Texas to 0-0 tie
Kansas University senior goalkeeper Colleen Quinn made seven saves for her second consecutive shutout as Kansas University’s soccer team played sixth-ranked Texas to a scoreless tie Sunday at Mike A. Myers Stadium.
Hoops hopefuls feel heat at tryout
Walk-on candidates put through paces
The pressure was on Sunday night as 16 Kansas University men’s basketball walk-on candidates tried to impress three former Jayhawks running the tryouts. The KU student-body hopefuls spent nearly two hours in Allen Fieldhouse running drills under the direction of Danny Manning, Brett Ballard and Michael Lee.
Kansas swimming cruises past Northern Iowa in dual
Kansas University’s swimming and diving team beat Northern Iowa, 180-80, on Saturday. In the first dual meet of the season, the Jayhawks captured first-place victories in all but one race in the Wellness & Recreation Center on the UNI campus. Panther sophomore Amanda Firman won the 50-yard freestyle to prevent the sweep.
Boston College No. 2 - for now
Second-ranked AP team has lost 3 straight weeks
Be careful, Boston College. The Eagles were the new No. 2 in the Top 25 released Sunday, a ranking that has been more of a burden than a reward recently. The second-ranked team in the Associated Press poll has lost three consecutive weeks.
Despite success, Jayhawks remain grounded
No word if “Win one for the gipper!” ever has been cried at a Kansas University football practice. Whatever coach Mark Mangino has up his sleeve to keep KU’s concentration, it has worked wonders so far. Not only are the Jayhawks succeeding, they’re sustaining even as outside attention - be it newfound praise or even lingering doubt - continues to mount.
Keegan: Keegan: Kansas in odd company
Ohio State, Boston College, Arizona State, Kansas University and Hawaii. A perennial football heavyweight, the nation’s top Catholic football program, a baseball powerhouse, an elite basketball university and an island way out there in every sense of way out there. They span nearly 6,000 miles and various cultures and climates.
Triangle teams top preseason ACC poll
North Carolina, Duke, North Carolina State expected to be best in league during 2007-08 campaign
North Carolina, Duke and N.C. State are used to living together in each other’s backyards. But now those Tobacco Road neighbors must learn to share a different kind of space - the top tier of the Atlantic Coast Conference.